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28 chapters Frankenstein Mary Shelley 75k words · 1818

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley, 1818

Walton's letters, then Victor's story.

28 chapters · 74,977 words · about 31 hours at 40 wpm

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Chapters

  1. 1 Letter 1You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an… ~30 min
  2. 2 Letter 2How slowly the time passes here, encompassed as I am by frost and snow! Yet a second step… ~33 min
  3. 3 Letter 3I write a few lines in haste to say that I am safe—and well advanced on my voyage. This… ~7 min
  4. 4 Letter 4So strange an accident has happened to us that I cannot forbear recording it, although it… ~68 min
  5. 5 Chapter 1I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that… ~44 min
  6. 6 Chapter 2We were brought up together; there was not quite a year difference in our ages. I need… ~55 min
  7. 7 Chapter 3When I had attained the age of seventeen my parents resolved that I should become a… ~67 min
  8. 8 Chapter 4From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive… ~63 min
  9. 9 Chapter 5It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With… ~59 min
  10. 10 Chapter 6Clerval then put the following letter into my hands. It was from my own Elizabeth: ~68 min
  11. 11 Chapter 7On my return, I found the following letter from my father:— ~89 min
  12. 12 Chapter 8We passed a few sad hours until eleven o’clock, when the trial was to commence. My father… ~77 min
  13. 13 Chapter 9Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by… ~55 min
  14. 14 Chapter 10I spent the following day roaming through the valley. I stood beside the sources of the… ~59 min
  15. 15 Chapter 11“It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being; all the… ~73 min
  16. 16 Chapter 12“I lay on my straw, but I could not sleep. I thought of the occurrences of the day. What… ~52 min
  17. 17 Chapter 13“I now hasten to the more moving part of my story. I shall relate events that impressed… ~51 min
  18. 18 Chapter 14“Some time elapsed before I learned the history of my friends. It was one which could not… ~46 min
  19. 19 Chapter 15“Such was the history of my beloved cottagers. It impressed me deeply. I learned, from… ~76 min
  20. 20 Chapter 16“Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the… ~80 min
  21. 21 Chapter 17The being finished speaking and fixed his looks upon me in the expectation of a reply.… ~48 min
  22. 22 Chapter 18Day after day, week after week, passed away on my return to Geneva; and I could not… ~71 min
  23. 23 Chapter 19London was our present point of rest; we determined to remain several months in this… ~65 min
  24. 24 Chapter 20I sat one evening in my laboratory; the sun had set, and the moon was just rising from… ~88 min
  25. 25 Chapter 21I was soon introduced into the presence of the magistrate, an old benevolent man with… ~1.5 h
  26. 26 Chapter 22The voyage came to an end. We landed, and proceeded to Paris. I soon found that I had… ~85 min
  27. 27 Chapter 23It was eight o’clock when we landed; we walked for a short time on the shore, enjoying… ~65 min
  28. 28 Chapter 24My present situation was one in which all voluntary thought was swallowed up and lost. I… ~3.5 h

Text: Project Gutenberg #84. In the public domain.